• Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    461·
    7 months ago

    Don’t forget: let unions die off and not protect our generation in favour of grandfathering their inherited rights that their parents fought for.

  • wallmenis@lemmy.oneEnglish
    241·
    7 months ago

    Honestly this is the he worst way to make a child stop crying. Threats can cause scars.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      17·
      7 months ago

      I think the problem isn’t the “threat” but the implied “I couldn’t possibly care less why you’re crying”

      • A Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.ee
        171·
        7 months ago

        Yes, it’s invalidation of feelings followed by the infliction of physical violence to make the abuser feel better.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          8·
          7 months ago

          I got hit many times. A few times it was physically a little bit bad, but typically I was more upset that my parents had “turned” on me to the point that they would even want to do such a thing. A lot of it is mentally abusive :(

      • wallmenis@lemmy.oneEnglish
        7·
        7 months ago

        I would be traumatised by the threat because during these ages it is hard to take something not literally. But yeah, what you said counts in as well.

    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
      151·
      7 months ago

      “At least I never hit you!” “If I did that at your age I’d get beat.” “I got the belt for talking back”

      Yeah I wish I had the validity of physical scars, nobody sees the ones words leave.

      Sticks and stones may break my bones, but soon the sting will pass

      But names can dig so many graves, you won’t know where to stand.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    224·
    7 months ago

    hey now, some of our parents at least voted against enshitification.

    they didn’t do shit like protest or volunteer, but they taught my bro and I empathy quite well.

    I like to blame lead, but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence? I think, rather, there is a fundamental flaw in the original patriarchal system that led men to develop toddler-level emotional intelligence, and the women just went along with it.

    Now that we have wisened up, accept more diversity, and given some power to women, the toddler men are freaking out because they had their special blanket taken away. And one consequence is accumulation of all the resources.

    • EatYouWell@lemmy.world
      6·
      7 months ago

      Sometimes it feels like my mom is the only boomer that isn’t a giant pile of shit. But, I guess you don’t typically teach special Ed for over 40 years if you’re a bad person.

    • Perfide@reddthat.com
      61·
      7 months ago

      but does lead poisoning correlate with marked low emotional intelligence?

      Yes, strongly. Lead exposure, especially in childhood, is known to lower IQ and also decrease empathy.

      The other things you mentioned are definitely major factors as well, but yeah all that lead fucked the older generations brains.

    • jasondj@ttrpg.network
      6·
      7 months ago

      Hopefully these kids at least have good benefits. Poor little guys gotta start out putting their tooth fairy money in an IRA if they hope to be able to retire by the time they’re 85.

    • irreticent@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      7 months ago

      “Where do you think that house is going when they die?”

      That depends. Do they have a reverse mortgage?

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
    823·
    7 months ago

    Mine just hit me and did the best they could out there. I don’t blame them just as I don’t call the latest generation lazy whiners. We’re all doing the best we can in our situation given the options we have.